22 Jun 1928
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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1928
Page
1
Thaye Burn announces candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the 71st Congress. He thanks voters for support and pledges full effort to serve all people and counties before the election. He urges every qualified voter to vote in the primary.
The wheel’s origin is lost to history with crude forms in early civilization. Meyotian and Assyrian chariots bore six spoke wheels while Romans used four six and eight spoke designs. Historians view wheel principle as a key first mechanical leap after the lever.
Washington reports scientists discount rock bound toads from pleistocene ages and explain their preservation as torpor rather than true fossil entombment. Frogs kept in torpor by Chossat showed sixteen months without feeding. hibernation differs from torpor in vital functions. Discovery sites like Frederick Oklahoma and the Eastland Texas horned toad resurrection are noted with archaeological and paleontological interest.
Derie Nusbaum a fifteen year old son of the park superintendent uncovers a fine rattle from Mesa Verde’s cliff dwellers dating eight to twelve centuries old. The fragile relic remains in its original form with two wooden disks, sandstone noise makers, and a mountain mahogany handle presented to the park museum.
The Belgian king Leopold I pursued a rare Sixteenth Century Latin Cretaeus work at bargain prices. Disguised in working class attire he bought the volume in Paris for a few francs, only to be robbed of it later. In Vienna years later he paid $150 to acquire the same book from a dealer.
An Austrian doctor reports a year of experiments showing skin absorption as a viable nourishment route for throat or mouth injuries. Current methods inject food into blood or digestive tract but lack full absorption. the new topical ointment delivers fat protein sugar and vitamins through the skin to sustain strength and body heat during treatment.
Smith Ely Jeliffe argues brain weight does not determine intellect. He notes diets brains weigh as much as those of the ablest men and asserts intelligence rests on numerous nerve cell connections. He concedes some famed minds have larger brains but many equally capable individuals have average brain weights.
Miss I Watts of Tatsfield England keeps a spider colony whose fine silky threads are wound on cards for use in instruments made by her brothers. Some threads for fixing range finders and microscopes must be split four times under a high power microscope, requiring rare steadiness.
A farmer visits a bank to apply for a $1,000 loan. During the interview he asks what happens if the note “perspires” and he cannot repay. The banker quips that they would make him sweat for it, ending the exchange with a light joke.
In a tense scene a man and a smaller white faced figure touch foreheads as a grim realization hits them. The grim hint of tragedy unfolds when the man realizes the other face is his winter and he has missed the last treat at home.
Francis Carlin of Scotland Yard recalls a detective tale from his Reminiscences. An absconding lawyer, popular with passengers, kept sessions lively on the Cedric as he chaired deck games and organized a charity speech before his arrest on return to England.
The article notes animals and birds seem to foresee danger beyond human senses. It cites rats avoiding sinking ships, sea birds predicting storms, wild geese retreating inland, ants fleeing nests before fires, and rabbits leaving burrows before floods, suggesting a shared instinctive premonition.
The article surveys views on the unpardonable sin the sin against the Holy Spirit citing Matthew 12:31 32 where Jesus states that blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven while other sins can be pardoned. It notes conflict over whether the sin is persistent denial of divine works or malice toward God's character.
Reclamation engineers in Yakima Washington built a canal along a mountain slope by molding concrete sections in the valley and hoisting them up via a trolley. With water sand and gravel abundant in the valley the project used an airlift method to place the lined canal segments.
A London woman trusts two loyal dogs to assess new servants. She keeps them in the room during every staff interview and says the dogs’ reactions reveal character and temperament, a method she claims has never misled her.
A quote from Woman's Home Companion emphasizes practical arts for girls. It urges teaching dance and sewing so girls know how to use hands and feet effectively. The guidance frames domestic arts as essential foundational skills for young women.
Pathfinder Magazine portrays Pyreneean farming in compact valleys with brick soil and centuries of cultivation. It contrasts Crude ox plows and borrowing neighbors tools with the labor of Awin farmers, noting patchwork slopes, sheepfolds, stone barns, blue umbrellas for storms, and women and children hauling hay in donkey packs.
A young couple browses a downtown jewelry display with the husband promising to buy whatever the bride-to-be desires. She spots a string of beads and asks for it, but he doubts its durability and suggests continuing to browse for a more lasting choice.
The passage argues that nature remains constant while opposing forces emerge within it. It notes that life and destruction are both produced by natural laws, and space divides yet attire and transition persist. The observer sees a system of continual transition guiding art and life from first elements onward.
Nature Magazine notes the weasel's white winter coat and varied forms from Arctic to Wroples. It describes the weasel as a natural regulator of rodent populations, noting its evolution into sizes from tiny burrowers to nearly mink and marten scales that prey on larger species.
An excerpt notes the difficulty locals face in pronouncing the city’s name amid languages like Hebrew Polish German Italian and Russian. It highlights Polish guidance to end the word with a hard guttural sound and contrasts with other pronunciations.
John Carson and Professor J A Anderson present a musical entertainment featuring singing and fiddling on Saturday night June 23 1928. Rosey Lee Carson performs buck and wing dance and banjo picking, champions in both disciplines.
The passage surveys the history of rain gauges from ancient Korea to England. It cites Hooke’s 1695 method weighing rain collected in a funnel, then notes G. J. Symons’ 1891 storm gauge with 24 inches in the tube representing one inch of rain, and mentions floating readings and overflow considerations.
A resident who bought a house closest to the railway station complains in a letter to the company about disruptive night shunting. He lists engines dinging, dang, fizzing, spitting, grinding, puffing, whistling, roaring, and other noises that prevent sleep.
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